I’m 90% I’m about to be laid off from my job tomorrow and this is my first time being laid off and this was my first dev job. I’ve worked here for over 7 years which is a long time at a dev job I know.
I’m just wondering what I should do in the meeting, what should I ask for? I’m having a range of emotions from fear of losing my house and health insurance (thanks usa) to relief and hope that I’m going to find something better and more fulfilling.
Thanks for reading
Edit: it’s confirmed I am getting laid off. Thanks everyone for the advice and well wishes. It really helped and means a lot.
Nothing. They won’t go to hell just because you have asked for it :)
Think about the outcome of that meeting. What are the possibilities? Make a list. Is there any outcome that changes from discussion or asking? Then prepare for these possibilities.
They can ask you for signing a paper to confirm that they have told you this or that. You are not legally required to sign anything, but if it is really only that, then it makes no difference.
If it says more than that, do not sign, but take it into your own private bag immediately, faster than they can blink, and say you read it at home because right now you are too loaded to be able to read anything carefully.
If they get upset because you took the paper, you know that there is something very fishy in it.